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# AI accelerator chips sold in 2023–24 draw an estimated 5,235 MW; Nvidia's account for half
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-accelerator-power-demand/
- Published: 2026-10-19T14:40:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:01:15.000Z
- Description: AI accelerator modules shipped in 2023 and 2024 draw an estimated 5,235 MW. Nvidia's chips account for 2,665 MW, about half.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Infrastructure, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-infrastructure

5,235 MW

estimated power demand of AI accelerator modules shipped in 2023–2024; Nvidia 2,665 MW

Nvidia2,665 MW

AMD295 MW

Other AI accelerator modules2,274 MW

## What the chart shows

The AI accelerator modules shipped in 2023 and 2024, the chips themselves, draw an estimated 5,235 megawatts: 1,433 MW from 2023 shipments and 3,802 MW from 2024’s.

Nvidia’s modules account for 2,665 MW, about half, and AMD’s for 295 MW. Adding the servers, cooling and networking around them roughly doubles the total ([related chart](https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-systems-power-demand/)).

## Key numbers

| Measure            | Value    |
| ------------------ | -------- |
| Cumulative, all    | 5,235 MW |
| Cumulative, Nvidia | 2,665 MW |
| Cumulative, AMD    | 295 MW   |
| Shipped in 2024    | 3,802 MW |
| Shipped in 2023    | 1,433 MW |

## How to read it

- Estimates by de Vries-Gao (2025), with uncertainty from assumptions about utilisation and shipments.
- The AI Index’s printed chart titles for figures 1.4.9 and 1.4.10 appear to be swapped; numbering here follows the report text and data files.

**Source:** [de Vries-Gao](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#de-vries-gao-2025), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.4.9: *Estimated power demand of AI accelerator modules*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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